Answered By: Lauren Fowler

Last Updated: Oct 01, 2015Views: 6

Information literacy is the set of skills students need to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information. Information literacy is a vital skill for our students in an age of information overload. These skills are necessary not just during college but also after graduation in information-seeking activities related to a variety of careers.

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has a great introduction to information literacy. The link can be found below.